Scales
C# Locrian Major Scale
C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B
C# Locrian Major is a scale built on C# with the notes C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B.
C# Locrian Major Scale
C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 | C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B · C# | |
| Left hand | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 | C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B · C# |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
C# Locrian Major is made of the notes C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W W H H W W W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of C# Locrian Major gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales C# Locrian Major shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
C# Neapolitan Major PentatonicC# · E# · F# · G · B
Every note of this scale is in C# Locrian Major.
C# Whole Tone PentatonicC# · E# · G · A · B
Every note of this scale is in C# Locrian Major.
Scales that contain it
C# ChromaticC# · D · D# · E · E# · F# · G · G# · A · A# · B · B#
Contains every note of C# Locrian Major.
Common questions
- How do I play C# Locrian Major?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of C# Locrian Major?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of C# Locrian Major gives C#majb5 (I), D#dim (ii°), G7no5/E# (III), F#m (iv), Gaug (V+), Aaug (VI+), B (VII). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in C# Locrian Major?
- C# Locrian Major contains the notes C# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B, measured from the tonic C# as the intervals 1P, 2M, 3M, 4P, 5d, 6m, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of C# Locrian Major?
- From C# the steps run W W H H W W W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.